literature

It's Javert's country now, for Jean Valjean is murdered.

Though I've never read the book before, I found it salient for our time.

Feb 9 • Lancelot Schaubert

Live: Lancelot Schaubert reading for Top in Fiction

A recording from Lancelot Schaubert's live video

Jan 18 • Lancelot Schaubert

27:24

1954 — Bell Hammers: The Worst Proposal Ever

Audiobook + short story (novel excerpt) from the novel Publisher's Weekly called "a hoot."

Jan 3 • Lancelot Schaubert

Pride and Prejudice and 7 Principles for Making Marriage Work

Jane Austen as marriage therapist.

Dec 16, 2025 • Lancelot Schaubert

1942 — Bell Hammers: The Barbed Wire Telephone Company

Audiobook + short story (novel excerpt) from the novel Publisher's Weekly called "a hoot."

Dec 1, 2025 • Lancelot Schaubert

Is fiction political? Policy? Partisan? About political professions?

A taxonomy for the current debate on the politics of fiction.

Nov 27, 2025 • Lancelot Schaubert

File an Extension — a short story for The Midnight Vault II

A scifi short story about a crowdsourced contest to brick an invasion of alien star cruisers and one reason your friends will love it.

Nov 24, 2025 • Lancelot Schaubert

Street Art Book Marketing Gone Wrong... Or Right?

A high speed car chase, 600 pounds of weed, and a guerrilla campaign using basic posters starring you. Plus prizes worth $3,000.

Nov 23, 2025 • Lancelot Schaubert

Belief was Awful

Here between the horror of Halloween and the wonder of Christmas, I offer a master study: a short story based on a Nat Cassidy tale.

Nov 19, 2025 • Lancelot Schaubert

We Gave Away $80,000 in Free Headshots ➠ Ours Are More Fun!

A thank you for your generosity towards artists + a call to action!

Nov 15, 2025 • Lancelot Schaubert

The Master Study for Authors

Today Em will steal a tool from the visual artist’s cabinet and bang it into shape for writers. It’s called a Master Study: part copying, part analysis…

Nov 11, 2025 • Lancelot Schaubert and Emily Munro

Remember: There is No Antimemetics Division. Please remember before I forget forever.

A review on a new release. Can we call this a review? A dream? A memory?

Nov 5, 2025 • Lancelot Schaubert

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